3rd Grade

In third grade we work on the following skills:

Perceiving:

• Identify by sight and sound the 4 families of the orchestra.

• Identify the musical sounds produced by different instruments and the human voice.

• Listen to and identify the music of different composers.

• Listen to and identify the music of different cultures.

• Identify different music forms.

• Identify the different parts of music using musical vocabulary.

• Identify different careers in music.

Performing/Producing:

• Sing a variety of songs with accurate pitch.

• Sing with accurate rhythm.

• Follow and respond to conductor cues.

• Sing in head voice producing a light, clear sound.

• Sing with good posture.

• Play a variety of classroom instruments with good technique.

• Sing and move to a variety of musical styles.

• Improvise and compose simple rhythmic and melodic phrases.

• Read and perform rhythms with eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes and quarter rests.

• Read and write rhythms with eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes and quarter rests.

• Read, write and perform treble clef melodies.

• Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior at live performances.

Reflecting:

• Compare & discuss terms common to music and art or dance.

• Describe what is heard in a piece of music and compare responses to others.

• Explain personal preferences using music vocabulary.

• Evaluate audience behavior at various performances and settings.

• Analyze how music communicates words, feelings, moods and images.

• Compare 2 or more different interpretations of the same piece of music.

• Create criteria used to evaluate performances.